"Doc, I was so there and so into the target I could see nothing but the flag, I promise you. I hit that exactly where I was looking," Davis [Love III] said.

That kind of focus on a target greatly improves the prospect that the ball will go to it. The more you're consumed with your target, the more your instincts and subconscious will help you find it. It's as if you have an automatic guidance system, like a heat-seeking missile."

The above is from a Golf Digest article written by Dr. Bob Rotella author of Golf is Not a Game of Perfect and he's describing Davis' reaction to the outcome of a perfectly hit 6-iron out of the trees to the 16th green, where he made a putt for eagle. One of the many great shots Davis hit that day at the 2003 Players Championship held at TPC Sawgrass.

I guess that after decades of playing golf and reading dozens of golf books I can be excused for thinking, "Yeah right! Just another golf book." And yet this article stirred me into thinking I might just buy the book.

We've all read about the benefits of being in the zone, or as Tony Jacklin described it as akin too being in a cocoon. And most of us have on the very rare occasion experienced a millisecond of such an experience and the memory sticks in our mind.

The year was 1965, the course Tulliallan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the hole the 17th, a plateau green with a very prominent pin position and I just knew a strong 8-iron was the perfect club for my second shot and it came as no surprise to see my ball go straight into the hole.It was if I'd triggered my "automatic guidance system" and the memory is still there after all these years but alas my internal software has not been able to replicate that feeling of being so consumed by viewing the target that it seemed impossible not to sink the shot.

"Be the ball," is one of these mantra many turn to but maybe, "Be the target," is a better idea.

"Most experts agree that Ben Crenshaw is one of the very best putters and Dave Peltz one of the very best teachers. And yet their methodology is poles apart when it comes to putting. Essentially it comes down to putting Arc versus Pendulum."

My blog post of April 25, 2014 had a look at the methodology of putting and in particular a look at Luke Donald's awesome statistics and suggestions.I also wrote, "Ben's (Crenshaw) putting stroke is poetry in motion and as much as I've tried to emulate his putting methodology it's never worked for me. Consequently in spite of the fact that, the "Pelz’ pendulum stroke often leads to upper cuts at impact." I've persisted with the pendulum methodology and accepted the fact that I'll never have an aesthetically pleasing putting stroke."Aha! Now I think I've found the putting drill to produce a poetry in motion arc-type putting stroke.After yet another weekend of horrendous putting I resorted to YouTube for some answers and found a YouTube clip of Brandt Snedeker.At around three minutes of the YouTube Clip Brandt shows a putting drill where he holds his putter in his right hand and with his left hand clutches the upper part of his right arm. And then proceeds to swing his putter to get a feel for the swing which when I gave it a try produced the feel of arcing my putting stroke.Watch this space since if it works I'll do a post on the pros and cons of the pendulum stroke which I've always used but never liked because it does not create the feel of swinging the putter head.Quote of the Day"To get the proper feel for the pop stroke, try my favorite drill. Place your left hand on your right biceps and hit putts with only your right hand and arm."- Brandt Snedeker at golf.com

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